John Frank Tesh (born July 9, 1952) is an American pianist and composer of pop music, as well as a radio host and television presenter. His 10-year-old 'Intelligence for Your Life Radio Show' reaches 14.2 Million listeners/week, and is syndicated by Teshmedia on 400 stations in US, Canada, and the UK. Tesh has won six music Emmys, has four gold albums, two Grammy nominations, and an Associated Press award for investigative journalism. Tesh has sold over eight million records. His live concerts have raised more than $20 million for PBS. His NBC Basketball Theme has been hailed as one of the top three sports themes of all time. He is also known as the longtime co-host of the television program Entertainment Tonight. He has previously worked as a sportscaster for the Olympic Games, a news anchor and a reporter.Tesh was born in Garden City, New York, on Long Island, and graduated from Garden City High School in 1970. Playing piano and trumpet from the age of 6, he studied with teachers from The Juilliard School and was named to the New York State Symphonic Orchestra in high school, while also playing the organ in a rock band. Tesh studied communications and music at North Carolina State University. While in the area, Tesh worked as a news anchor at WTVD in Durham, North Carolina. Tesh went to Orlando, Florida, to take a television position at WFTV.Tesh has been married to actress Connie Sellecca since 1992. They have one daughter together named Prima.His television career included a stint as a news anchor and reporter at WSM-TV in Nashville, Tennessee in the 1970s, where he often covered the same stories as Oprah Winfrey, who worked at a competing Nashville station. He shuffled from Nashville to Raleigh, to Orlando, and finally to New York's WCBS-TV, where, at age 23, he was their youngest reporter. He later hosted the television show Entertainment Tonight from 1986 to 1996.Tesh also served as a sportscaster for events such as the Tour de France bicycle

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Journalist, composer, TV personality, radio host and pianist/entertainer are some of the occupations that 65-year old John Tesh has worked hard to hone. These days, his jobs as radio/television host and touring pianist keep him most occupied. Tesh brings ...

It also owns Westwood One, a radio syndication company that distributes talk, music and sports programming, including Imus in the Morning with Don Imus, The Savage Nation with Michael Savage, The Mark Levin Show, The Bob & Tom Show and The John Tesh Radio ...

Okanagan Oldies, John Tesh has shared a picture of himself hosing down his home in California to try and protect it from wildfires. The fires have been expanding at a dramatic pace and are now literally down-the-block from Tesh’s house. Tesh and his ...